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Mirror1325–1521

Not on view
Circular disk of dark lacquered or coated material, viewed from above, with two small metal eyelets and flaking cream-colored wear patches across the surface

Unknown, Mirror, 1325–1521 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Title
Mirror
Culture
Aztec
Place Made
Mexico, Valley of Mexico
Date Made
1325–1521
Medium
Obsidian
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 1/4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.85.233.11
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie. Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.
  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World. November 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012

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